Monday, April 17, 2017

Your Name.

One morning, Taki awoke to discover he was a high school girl named Mitsuha who lived in a small town in the boondocks of Japan.  That same day, Mitsuha awoke to discover she was a boy named Taki who lived in Tokyo.  However, the following day, each has only a dream-like memory of the switch that quickly fades though the antics and errors do not.  The two swap on a regular basis and soon develop a means of communicating with each other to stay apprised on recent events.  Each first asks "What is your name?"  Mysteriously, a comet binds them together but offering more than that is a spoiler.

Here is a standard anime movie that is done quite well.  The art work is top notch, the characters are fun, and the teenage awkwardness is classic anime fare.  Writer/Director Makoto Shinkai is being compared with the legendary Hayao Miyazaki.  Miyazaki has far more fantastical stories and settings, whereas Your Name fits nicely into the real world in a Freaky Friday sort of way.

Clearly, the box office success and wide release show that this is a cross-over film for those who are not generally fans of Anime.  Thumbs up!
 

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